Oil City to teach natives in South America
Many short items: Oil City plans sending two citizens to South America to teach drilling wells. Other notes include jail population counts, license policies on treating, a 1911 record of marriage by Rev. Apple, ostriches at Bloomsburg, coal spoil at Carbondale, a near-complete Cumberland Valley railroad, Professor J. W. Oliver’s summer plans at Lake Carey Wyoming County, and assorted anecdotes from Leslie's and other papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
South America
Allegheny County
Columbia County
B. F. Apple
Stroudsburg
Monroe County
Bloomsburg
Carmel
D & H Company
Cumberland Valley
Shippensburg
South Mountain Ranges
Big Flat
J. W. Oliver
Luzerne County
New York City
Manual Training
Metropolis
Lake Carey
Wyoming County
Dr. Deifenderfer
Oliver
Professor Oliver
Nanticoke
St Andrews Battle Dungeon and the Bottle Dungeon Legend
A historic note from Scotland describes St Andrews as a coastal castle town with the legendarily deadly Bottle Dungeon beneath the sea tower. The dungeon features a five foot diameter vertical shaft leading to a sealed chamber twenty four feet wide with no light or exit, trapping prisoners as a crab in a creel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrews
Scotland
Kennedy
James II
Stewart Dick
A Hindu Dinner Party Tradition and Etiquette
A Hindu ladies dinner begins at noon and lasts two hours. Guests gather early to select fruit and vegetables in the garden. Meat is forbidden. the main dish features rice and maize. They sit on the floor in two facing rows and eat with their fingers. The most esteemed widow serves rounds of dishes. coconut milk and sherbet are served. Afterward a small portion of betel is eaten wrapped in pan leaves. Pan, a green leaf prepared in eighty ways, is thought to evoke different emotions.
The Recline of Winchester and Arctic Marine Life Review
A fragmented set of notes describes Winchester as a historic rival to London with royal connections and miracles at its cathedral, then shifts to marine biology noting Arctic plants like laminariaceae thriving in polar waters and a Tonga basin report on extreme sea life pressure.
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Winchester
London
Arthur
Britain
St. Swithin
William the Conqueror
Charles iI
Alfred
Henry II
Sheffield
England
Arctic
Antarctic
Tonga
New Zealand
The Steep Chase and Early Steeplechases
The piece notes the origin of steeplechases with a 1752 match between Edmund Blake and Mr O’Callaghan over four and a half miles from Buttevant church to St Leger spire. It also touches on health as essential to duties and pleasures, warning that waste of health is a serious fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Blake
O’callaghan
Church of Buttevant
St. Leger
London
Tatler
Johnson
The Count of St Germain The Mysterious French Court Impostor
The Count of St Germain appeared at Louis XVs court in 1748 claiming 2000 years of life and alchemic skills. He dazzled nobles, faced no solid records, and inspired belief in immortality and alchemy while evading proof. His fate remains a historical riddle with sightings decades later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Count
St. Germain
Louis XV
Hin
Trench Court
Paris
Mme. de Pompadour
St. Gerrmain
Tie
Christ
Nero
Charles of Hesse
Schleswig-Holstein
Grosley
Royal Society
Lord Lytton
van Damme
Tanis Napoleon
Andrew Lang
Grostey
Philadelphia
Presa
Clovis I Real Founder of the French Monarchy
The piece notes Clovis I as the true founder of the French monarchy, with Childeric’s tribal rule preceding the Paris surge. It cites Louis as a progressive king expanding domains from 481 to 511 and describes Clovis storming Paris in 493 making the city the government seat. It ends with a moral on living truthfully.
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Tristory
Clovis I
Childeric
France
Louis
Clovis
Paris
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Lt. Wapniac
United States
State
Treasury
War
Attorney
Postmaster
Navy
Interior
Agriculture and
Commerce
Labor
Leslie
Houston Post
Iris
BR. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
Worip
Mexical Association
R. VY. Pisree
M. D
Pierch
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
Ithe Lancaster Trust
Queen St
Lancaster
J. Hay Brown
John J
Skiles
John Hertalihe
John D
Arbert OC. Miller
C. 8
Mellingir
John
Graybill
W. A. Hension
H.W. Hartman
John Hertzler
John A. Nauman
John B. Miller
J. T. Areneman
TI. H. Weaver
H. R. Wertsch Palitiez
A. G. Hershey's Aid Mill
Front Street
Jorett
John H. Tshudy
Anding Farmers
Sorrel Horse Hotel
B. Adams
Prop’r
King St
H.C. Miller & Bro
Chase & Sanborn
Banner Lye
Benner
Penn Chemical Works
USA
Ufe
Fulton Studio
Kingst
Amos
Waverly Oil Works Co
Pittshorp
Filse
Wavacly
Waverly Gasolies
S. M. Huber
East Main Street
Decker and Jarssen
BE. Orange St
Lititz
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Weachter
Brunnerville, Pa
A. H. Kreider
W. Vine ST
C.N. Err
W.H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
Maringer
Muringer’s Drug Co
Willow Grove, Penna
Crystal Spring Farm
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